Karri Neldner

Karri Neldner is a Guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, focusing on developmental, cross-cultural, and comparative psychology. Her work explores problem-solving, social learning, and teaching across animal taxa, emphasizing how sociocultural environments shape children's learning strategies.

Research Interests: Neldner investigates tool innovation in children and chimpanzees, moral concern development, and children's perceptions of animals. Her cross-cultural approach examines how cultural contexts influence cognitive and ethical development.

Publications: Recent works include studies on generalizability in psychological research, children's moral reasoning about prejudice, and cultural variations in social learning. Her research spans topics like color preference differences, tool use cognition, and moral boundary decision-making.

Labs & Teams: She collaborates with the Comparative Cultural Psychology department, contributing to projects on human-animal intergroup relations and ethical guidelines for cross-cultural research.